title: Persistent periodic hiccups following brain abscess: a case report.
abstract: A case is reported of a patient with periodic persistent hiccups and secondary generalised epilepsy lasting for a period of five years following a right temporal brain abscess. The recurring episodes of hiccups had a ten day rhythmicity and unlike epileptic convulsions were unresponsive to treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology, St Radboud Hospital, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Joosten
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Vingerhoets
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006606:Hiccup / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology